ABSTRACT

This remarkable volume highlights the importance of Production and Operations Management (POM) as a field of study and research contributing to substantial business and social growth. The editors emphasize how POM works with a range of systems—agriculture, disaster management, e-commerce, healthcare, hospitality, military systems, not-for-profit, retail, sports, sustainability, telecommunications, and transport—and how it contributes to the growth of each.

Martin K. Starr and Sushil K. Gupta gather an international team of experts to provide researchers and students with a panoramic vision of the field. Divided into eight parts, the book presents the history of POM, and establishes the foundation upon which POM has been built while also revisiting and revitalizing topics that have long been essential. It examines the significance of processes and projects to the fundamental growth of the POM field. Critical emerging themes and new research are examined with open minds and this is followed by opportunities to interface with other business functions. Finally, the next era is discussed in ways that combine practical skill with philosophy in its analysis of POM, including traditional and nontraditional applications, before concluding with the editors’ thoughts on the future of the discipline.

Students of POM will find this a comprehensive, definitive resource on the state of the discipline and its future directions.

part I|42 pages

The Remarkable History of POM

part II|151 pages

Core POM Functions

chapter 3|18 pages

Forecasting

State-of-the-Art in Research and Practice

chapter 4|19 pages

Aggregate Production Planning

chapter 6|24 pages

Inventory Management

part V|67 pages

POM Interface with Other Functions

part VI|187 pages

POM Domains of Application

chapter 23|16 pages

POM for Healthcare—Focusing the Upstream

Management of Preventive and Emergency Care

chapter 24|24 pages

Sports Operations Management

The Whole Nine Yards

chapter 25|30 pages

Pom in Agriculture

Pastoral Farming in New Zealand

chapter 26|13 pages

POM and the Military

chapter 31|19 pages

Pom and Retailing

part VII|46 pages

Expert POM Practitioners' Perspectives

chapter 32|10 pages

POM for the Hospitality Industry

chapter 34|13 pages

Best Practice

Supply Chain Optimization at Yihaodian

part VIII|47 pages

POM—The Next Era

chapter 37|16 pages

Conclusions

Evaluation and Prognostications for the POM Domain